August already! I admit I’ve had a difficult summer. While I’m fortunate enough to have a stable and peaceful life, people around me are suffering and one dear friend passed away in June. My head is spinning with grief and with concerns about my friends/family who are experiencing difficulties and challenges.
Word of the Month
Focus
Bible Verse of the Month
Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.” – (Proverbs 4:25 – ESV)
Prayer of the Month
Heavenly Abba Father, I pray for increased focus on the things I need to get done. Lord, I pray for amazing wonderful progress in decluttering, in art, in writing, in good financial decisions and more. You know me better than I know myself so I pray for all that you know is best for me. Guide me Lord, I pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.
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★ – I’m reading it.
✓ – I finished reading it. Yay!
⇗ – Still reading at the end of the month.
⇓ – I did not like it or finish it. (DNF = Did Not Finish)
∅ – Stalled – I started but didn’t finish. (Soft-DNF)
Finished Reading in August
✓ Christian Fiction: A Proper Pursuit, by Lynn Austin
I love this novel about a young woman visiting her aunts in Chicago during the 1893 World’s Fair. She is pursued by several men who are interested in making her their bride. The book combines humor and wisdom.
Update: I finished this audiobook. It was a breath of fresh air… I thought it was wonderful, a book unlike anything else I’ve read.
Reading Intentions
Here are a few books I’m currently reading and making progress on.
★ Fiction: Angle of Repose, by Wallace Stegner
This is the book of the month for the California Reading group on Goodreads. It won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1972.
★ History: The Wright Brothers, by David McCullough
I’m still reading this. It is very interesting but as with all David McCullough history books, it is heavy with facts and information, and a bit of a challenge to sift through.
★ Art: Perspective Made Easy, by Ernest R. Norling
This is my second try at getting through this book that really, to be honest, goes over my head at times. But I’m going to keep on reading because I hope something will “click” and I’ll learn to draw buildings with better perspective.
Not like this:
★ Art: Sketchbook Joy, by Katie Moody
Cute cover!
★ Art: Art Studio Secrets: More Than 300 Tools and Techniques to Inspire Creativity, by Marjorie Sarnat
This book lists a lot of art techniques the author has tried out. Something for everyone! Almost all words; few illustrations.
Did Not Finish – aka: DNF
No DNF’s yet in August.
As of January I no longer have a diary section at the end of my monthly book posts. I discontinued it because I rarely use it. However, if I have anything more to say about anything, I’ll write it down here. It just won’t be in a diary-type format.
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